Galley-slug adjuster



Sept. 27, 1927. R n BUNN GALLEY SLUG AnJUsTsR Filed Sept. 18. 1926 I Inventor 230099/ Www/*J @wf/f Attorney Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GALLEY-SLUG ADJUSTER.

Application led September 18, 1926. Serial No. 136,319.

This invention relates to an improved device in the form of an attachment adapted to be associated with a linotype machine.

The invention has more particular reterence to an eiiicient and automatically operable device ot simple and inexpensive constiuction which is applied to the inachineat afpoint to cooperate with the leads tor insuring straight :feeding of the same to facilitate handling.

The particular construction of the device will become apparent from the following description and the drawings v In the drawings- Figure l is an edge view showing the device applied to the parts ot the machine with which it cooperates, j

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the device removed from thel machine.

In the drawings, the reference character l designates generally the machine which is of.

customary construction and which includes the customary lead guide and receiving tray, etc. These parts are of conventional form and will lbe plainly apparent to linotype operators. Consequently, a. more speciiic description of the machine is thought unnecessary. A

The attachment per se is designated generally by the reference character 2 and the same comprises a check 3 in the form of an elongated flat metal bar which is preferably tapered on its inner side at its lower end as indicated at 4. -The upper end is pivotally connected as at 5 to a hanger block 6, 'and this block is provided with an elongated slot 7 for passage of a fastening screw 8 by v means ot which it is connected to the inachine to cooperate with the lead guide'.

It will bev noticed that the block is of bit'urcated formation and that the upper end of the check bar islocated between the turcations. In tact, a portion projects above the pivotal connection 5 and the turcations, and this portion is provided with a stud 9 surrounded by a coiled spring 10 which bears against the machine as shown in Fig. 1.

It is plain that when the 4device is in place on the machine, in the proper position, it will cooperate with the bunched type to in` sure straight `downward feeding into the receiving tray. It is thought that this galley slug adjuster will be of great benefit in that it will aid the printer in handling the type. It is automatically operable and is not likely to get out of order, it being exceptionally simple in construction, and being quite inexpensive to manufacture.

Moreover, it is advantageous in that it is in the form of an attachment, which may be applied without requiring alterations to the existing parts of the machine. These and other advantages and features of the invention have doubtless been made apparent from the `description and drawings. Consequently, a more lengthy description is thought unnecessary.

Minor changes coming within the lield of invention claimed may be resorted to it desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. A galley slug adjuster comprising a hanger and attaching block provided adjacent its top with a` horizontally elongated opening for passage of an attaching bolt and having its lower portion bifurcated, a depending bar having its upper end located between the furcations on said blocks, a pivot pin connecting said bar with said turcations, the pivot pin beinglocated at a point downwardly of the upper end of said bar, an inwardly extending stud carried by the upper end of the bar, the stud being located above the pivotal connection, the lower end of the said bar being beveled on its inner side, and a coiled spring surrounding said stud.

2. A galley slug adjuster comprising a block, a bar dependingvtrom said block and pivotally connected at its upper end to said block, the pivotal connection between the block and the bar being disposed downwardly with respect to the upper end of said bar, the lower end ot' said bar being beveled outwardly on its inner side, an inwardly extending stud carried by the bar and supported on the bar at a point spaced above said pivotal concriection, and a spring surrounding said stu In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RODNEY T. BUNN. 

